Marileidy Paulino is among the ten women on the 2026 World Athlete of the Year nominee list announced October 6. The Dominican Olympic champion’s recent results include a 48.73-second victory in the 400 meters at Athlos London on September 18, where she caught Norway’s Henriette Jaeger near the finish and won by five hundredths of a second. That performance set a meeting record. The nomination keeps Paulino in the conversation beyond the track; the award itself remains undecided, with the winner scheduled to be announced November 29 in Monaco.